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PublisherAbbeville Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100789209764

ISBN-139780789209764

eBay Product ID (ePID)64156401

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Book TitleGreat American Suburbs : Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas

Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLandscape, Buildings / Residential, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development

Publication Year2008

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Architecture

AuthorPrudence Mackintosh, Virginia Savage Mcalester, Willis Ceci Winters

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight82.4 Oz

Item Length10.3 in

Item Width10.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2008-004820

ReviewsPraise for The Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas: For anyone clinging to the stereotype that the Park Cities are a monolith of European-derived design, Virginia McAlester gladly gives you an eye-opening visual tour of these historic hoods. As co-author of Great American Suburbs: The Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas, McAlester scoured blueprints and archives in order to profile some 300 houses, which were sumptuously photographed by Stephen Clicque. -- Modern Luxury Dallas: Interiors This exhaustive, lively study of the Park Cities is a labor of love from three Dallas-area authors...this volume's heft and enthusiastic documentation of street after street will go a long way toward reassuring new buyers that their property dollars can be safely invested in the leafy Park Cities, defended by such staunch preservationists. -- Period Homes magazine A volume with intellectual weight that matches its physical heft...beautifully designed and produced. -- Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas

Dewey Edition22

Photographed byClicque, Steve

Dewey Decimal728.09764/2811

Table Of ContentTable of Contents from: Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas Foreword Introduction I. Park Cities Insights: Pastand Present II. History and Development including: Highland Park Before 1905: Dreams of a Railroad Suburb Highland Park 1920-1929: Prosperous Years Welcome the Automobile University Park 1930-1955: Depression-Era Boomtown Redevelopment: The Park Cities and Dallas Today III. Architects of the Park Cities Appendix I: How to Save a House in the Park Cities Appendix II: Architectural Styles in the Park Cities Appendix III: 1,500 Architect-Designed Homes in the Park Cities (listed by street address) Acknowledgments Endnotes Bibliography Photo Credits Index

SynopsisA beautiful and comprehensive chronicle of two of America's earliest and most luxurious suburbs: Highland Park and University Park, Texas, featuring over 300 full-color photographs. Dallas local Virginia McAlester, author of A Field Guide to American Houses, the classic book on the subject, and Abbeville's celebrated Great American Houses and Their Architectural Styles, teamed up with Prudence Mackintosh and Willis Cecil Winters to write Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas. This impressive and informative case study immerses readers into the architecture and culture, both past and present, of these classy neighborhoods. Illustrated with over 280 specially commissioned photographs, in addition to over 75 maps, graphs, and archival images, this insightful work covers the history and development of Dallas's suburbs, as well as the architects who designed them. Homes also features several appendices, providing notes on how to preserve early-twentieth century homes and a catalogue listing over 1,600 homes by address and architect. McAlester authored an additional appendix that illustrates the architectural styles found in The Park Cities, which run the gamut from Tudor and Colonial Revival to Minimal Traditional and Mid-Century Modern. As grand as the houses it chronicles, Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas will fascinate architects, historians, suburbanites, and would-be suburbanites alike.

LC Classification NumberNA7238.H54M35 2008